State roster

Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 151,262 Pennsylvania births in 1991 across 2,175 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#96Colleen#188 nationally
#91Brendan#147 nationally
#77Dana#131 nationally
#90Colin#139 nationally
#88Devon#132 nationally
#94Troy#137 nationally
#86Alexa#127 nationally
#95Jillian#136 nationally
#98Carly#137 nationally
#97Craig#135 nationally
#84Philip#120 nationally
#47Kaitlyn#82 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,958US #1
#2Jessica1,673US #2
#3Amanda1,503US #4
#4Brittany1,430US #3
#5Samantha1,389US #5
#6Sarah1,257US #6
#7Emily1,177US #10
#8Nicole1,035US #15
#9Lauren1,010US #13
#10Megan951US #11
#11Stephanie937US #7
#12Rachel918US #14
#13Kayla880US #12
#14Elizabeth877US #9
#15Jennifer834US #8
#16Rebecca753US #21
#17Amber737US #16
#18Danielle717US #17
#19Chelsea693US #18
#20Alyssa676US #30
#21Courtney637US #19
#22Melissa573US #20
#23Kelsey557US #26
#24Victoria526US #28
#25Kelly514US #42
#26Heather484US #23
#27Christina470US #31
#28Laura470US #35
#29Alexandra469US #36
#30Michelle453US #22
#31Tiffany419US #27
#32Mary415US #38
#33Hannah412US #29
#34Sara407US #37
#35Katherine399US #25
#36Kimberly388US #34
#37Erin385US #44
#38Taylor379US #32
#39Caitlin377US #55
#40Alexis375US #47
#41Jasmine362US #24
#42Erica359US #40
#43Brianna345US #51
#44Allison344US #50
#45Katie335US #53
#46Jenna326US #80
#47Kaitlyn326US #82
#48Katelyn321US #75
#49Kristen320US #48
#50Shannon316US #71
#51Angela313US #59
#52Jamie312US #60
#53Julia312US #67
#54Amy297US #43
#55Anna293US #46
#56Lindsay292US #77
#57Alicia288US #63
#58Kathryn288US #57
#59Shelby288US #33
#60Olivia286US #61
#61Cassandra273US #54
#62Morgan272US #49
#63Maria270US #45
#64Brooke264US #65
#65Paige263US #76
#66Lindsey260US #52
#67Marissa260US #81
#68Andrea252US #39
#69Christine249US #73
#70Molly233US #74
#71Meghan228US #94
#72Leah226US #91
#73Julie225US #98
#74Crystal221US #41
#75Gabrielle213US #97
#76Catherine209US #72
#77Dana206US #131
#78Mariah206US #69
#79Kathleen204US #102
#80Lisa203US #83
#81Casey201US #111
#82Jacqueline199US #70
#83Abigail198US #92
#84Natalie198US #64
#85Kara197US #106
#86Alexa190US #127
#87Kristin189US #86
#88Rachael186US #114
#89Melanie185US #96
#90Bethany181US #109
#91Kaitlin181US #99
#92Briana178US #95
#93Tara175US #104
#94Miranda163US #90
#95Jillian160US #136
#96Colleen159US #188
#97Alexandria155US #78
#98Carly155US #137
#99Brittney154US #58
#100Margaret154US #108

Boys

#1Michael3,085US #1
#2Matthew2,334US #3
#3Christopher1,958US #2
#4Joshua1,736US #4
#5Andrew1,663US #5
#6Ryan1,596US #11
#7John1,577US #10
#8Joseph1,535US #9
#9James1,478US #7
#10David1,473US #8
#11Daniel1,471US #6
#12Robert1,394US #13
#13Tyler1,371US #16
#14Nicholas1,356US #12
#15Brandon1,250US #15
#16Zachary1,244US #22
#17Anthony1,205US #18
#18Justin1,145US #14
#19William1,122US #19
#20Kyle1,048US #21
#21Kevin979US #23
#22Eric945US #25
#23Thomas927US #28
#24Jacob914US #17
#25Jonathan906US #20
#26Brian837US #30
#27Alexander804US #26
#28Steven780US #27
#29Cody764US #24
#30Timothy763US #32
#31Sean750US #40
#32Benjamin734US #33
#33Stephen679US #41
#34Adam678US #36
#35Patrick677US #35
#36Jordan633US #29
#37Richard630US #34
#38Mark596US #47
#39Aaron585US #31
#40Nathan558US #42
#41Jeffrey515US #45
#42Dylan499US #46
#43Samuel489US #39
#44Charles486US #38
#45Jason467US #49
#46Shane457US #75
#47Scott451US #57
#48Gregory433US #55
#49Shawn426US #71
#50Jesse398US #51
#51Paul392US #53
#52Derek379US #59
#53Travis378US #44
#54Corey361US #58
#55Jeremy353US #43
#56Evan350US #70
#57Ian329US #73
#58Kenneth329US #54
#59Jared304US #64
#60Christian298US #48
#61Vincent293US #81
#62Bryan285US #61
#63Edward283US #68
#64Cory274US #74
#65Bradley255US #67
#66Brett251US #88
#67Dustin251US #56
#68Peter249US #77
#69Ethan244US #65
#70Keith243US #89
#71Alex238US #63
#72Seth229US #99
#73Raymond221US #97
#74Taylor219US #52
#75Ronald212US #101
#76Douglas211US #109
#77Nathaniel209US #84
#78Donald208US #102
#79George204US #87
#80Austin202US #50
#81Luke199US #113
#82Cameron178US #62
#83Chad176US #104
#84Philip176US #120
#85Devin170US #83
#86Marcus160US #76
#87Caleb159US #78
#88Devon155US #132
#89Frank154US #116
#90Colin153US #139
#91Brendan150US #147
#92Trevor150US #69
#93Logan148US #94
#94Troy142US #137
#95Garrett141US #91
#96Jose137US #37
#97Craig136US #135
#98Casey134US #90
#99Mitchell127US #96
#100Derrick126US #111

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑34Dylan#42
↑33Taylor#38
↑26Taylor#74
↑20Olivia#60
↑20Paige#65
↑19Brianna#43
↑17Jenna#46
↑16Kelsey#23

Falling

↓29Tara#93
↓28Kristin#87
↓27Lisa#80
↓27Brittney#99
↓22Christine#69
↓18Kaitlin#91
↓16Amy#54
↓14Jacqueline#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.